11.7.3.3 Write narratives and other creative texts to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well- structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. b. Use literary and narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, rhythm, repetition, rhyme, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution). d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, figurative and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. e. Provide a conclusion (when appropriate to the genre) that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative or creative text.

11.7.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Intro to first major writing--personal experience, driven by the moment, delivering a point; contains setting, character, point of view, plot/conflict; compelling reading, vivid, meaningful, significant; think about options: due tomorrow--three moments

Read Dillard ("Living Like Weasels"), the figurative language), the transcendent moments, the significance

Description--naming, detailing, comparing: characteristics--what's a human: list characteristics, what's an object: list characteristics, what's an emotion--make a checklist; the senses--make a checklist; read p.p. 628-630 do ex. 15.1, use the check list to show what characteristics, emotions, senses you included

Friday:

Description--Type 15.1 paper, turn in with lists; enroll at St. Martin's--http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/theguide/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0